05-12-2010, 08:15
(This post was last modified: 05-12-2010, 08:22 by CRAZY-HORSE.)
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LYNYRD SKYNYRD "Second Coming" 1974. vinyl
i got my Confederate flag flying today!
this is Lynyrds second album,as the album title suggests and its a beauty!
its a mixture of great riffs and grooves, "i need you' is a bluesy track,the rest of the album is what can be best described as bar-room or pub rock with the final track "call me the breeze" an uptempo shuffle."sweet Home Alabama" is a 'proud to be from the south' fist raising classic, it was written in response to two Neil Young songs: Southern Man(after the goldrush) and Alabama(harvest).
the album is so good that 'sweet home alabama' does not stand out from the rest of the tracks, but fits in nicely.
the lyrical content is intelligent and concise, no 'bs' just great lyrics and music.
unfortunately, for the band, a plane crash in 1977 involving vocalist Ronnie Van Zant and two other band membersstopped the band in its tracks, they have reformed since though.
as a footnote, their final album before the fateful accident, 'street survivors', featured all seven members on the cover surrounded by fire, over the heads of three of the members heads on the cover are also flames....these happened to be the three members that died not long after. fate,superstition or coincidence?
as another footnote, Neil Young was on stage in the US when news came through of the plane crash, NY responded by singing 'sweet home alabama' as a tribute during that show, unfortunately i cant find it on youtube,nor have i ever heard it, hopefully it will feature on his 'archives vol.2' set.
album reached #12 in US.
sweet home alabama #8 US, #31 UK
I LOVE THIS ALBUM
tracks:
1..sweet home alabama***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHsDa9_HSlA
2..i need you**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chkPUYkP7RY
3..dont ask me no questions***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmWHE4J6Nvw
4..workin' for mca**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTtaflRXBCg
5..the ballad of Curtis Loew***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGmqOOI4qOM
6..swamp music***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGZ9FPhdB0k
7..the needle and the spoon**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2Y7RMmGQr8
8..call me the breeze***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsIqEq9OFxE
3s=5
2s=3
1s=0
rating 2.6
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.